Two suspected undocumented immigrants suffocated to death aboard a freight train and 10 others in need of medical care were taken by helicopter or ambulance to hospital on Friday in south Texas, police said.
Texas Representative Ronny Jackson (R) reintroduced a resolution calling for Vice President Kamala Harris to be removed from her position as head of the Biden administration's "strategy to address the root causes of immigration."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has released Chinese nationals into the country amid a massive surge in migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Border Patrol released Chinese citizens to a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Brownsville, Texas, after being given "NTAs (notices to appear) because there are so many crossing and no more space to house them,” said Fox News correspondent Griff Jenkins.
Local authorities and state governments in the northeast U.S. are asking the federal government for more help as they deal with an influx of illegal immigrants crossing from Canada into the U.S.
U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz contradicts DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' assertion that the government has "operational control" of the southern border.
